Hi guys,
Decided to upgrade from 470 to 680, but I need some help picking the right one. From what I've read, EVGA seems to have the best graphics card warranty right now, but the problem I have with them is all their cards have box cooler with blower fan - too loud for me. (I know the Signature 2 has two fans, but they're similar to MSI's Twin Frozr cooler, quite loud). I flat out refuse to buy Gigabyte because they've screwed me over twice with warranty and stuff. MSI Twin Frozr/Lightning, as I said, is too loud. And the remaining option is ASUS DCII. Not interested in any other vendors.
What do I go for? I've already got an Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus II, it's a super quiet cooler but isn't listed on Arctic website as compatible with 6xx series; does anyone know if it will fit? If it does, I can just buy an EVGA reference card and change it myself.
So yeah, need some suggestions/opinions.
Thanks!
Decided to upgrade from 470 to 680, but I need some help picking the right one. From what I've read, EVGA seems to have the best graphics card warranty right now, but the problem I have with them is all their cards have box cooler with blower fan - too loud for me. (I know the Signature 2 has two fans, but they're similar to MSI's Twin Frozr cooler, quite loud). I flat out refuse to buy Gigabyte because they've screwed me over twice with warranty and stuff. MSI Twin Frozr/Lightning, as I said, is too loud. And the remaining option is ASUS DCII. Not interested in any other vendors.
What do I go for? I've already got an Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus II, it's a super quiet cooler but isn't listed on Arctic website as compatible with 6xx series; does anyone know if it will fit? If it does, I can just buy an EVGA reference card and change it myself.
So yeah, need some suggestions/opinions.
Thanks!
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| CPU | Motherboard | RAM | Hard Drive |
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| AMD Llano A8 3850 2.9GHz | MSI A75MA-P35 Socket FM1 mATX | Kingston DDR3 8GB 1333MHz 1.5v | WD Caviar Blue 500GB |
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| 4x Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB HD204UI | Arctic Freezer 13 | Corsair CX430 v2 | X-Case RM 400/10- CS V3 4u |
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| Core 2 Duo P8800 2.66 GHz | GeForce 9400M | GeForce 9600M GT | 4GB DDR3 1066MHz |
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| Corsair Force 3 SSD | Mac OS X Mountain Lion | 15" 1440x900 | Aluminium Unibody |
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Chronos
(13 items) |
Chaos
(8 items) |
Eos
(10 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | RAM | Hard Drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Llano A8 3850 2.9GHz | MSI A75MA-P35 Socket FM1 mATX | Kingston DDR3 8GB 1333MHz 1.5v | WD Caviar Blue 500GB |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | Power | Case |
| 4x Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB HD204UI | Arctic Freezer 13 | Corsair CX430 v2 | X-Case RM 400/10- CS V3 4u |
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| CPU | Graphics | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core 2 Duo P8800 2.66 GHz | GeForce 9400M | GeForce 9600M GT | 4GB DDR3 1066MHz |
| Hard Drive | OS | Monitor | Case |
| Corsair Force 3 SSD | Mac OS X Mountain Lion | 15" 1440x900 | Aluminium Unibody |
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I'll skip them.
